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Watch Dogs: Bad Blood DLC coming this September

Eccentric hacker T-Bone is getting his own chapter of Watch Dogs DLC. Bad Blood features an entirely new singleplayer campaign consisting of ten new missions, as well as various new weapons and toys.

It's coming this September 23 for those with a Watch Dogs Season Pass, while everyone else will have to wait until September 30.

"Shortly after the events of Watch_Dogs, Raymond “T-Bone” Kenney infiltrates Blume one last time to plant a false trail in their system," explains Ubisoft. "Before he can disappear from the grid, he receives a panicked phone call from Tobias Frewer, a former colleague from Blume’s ctOS prototype days, who’s in desperate need of help. Putting his own escape at risk, T-Bone decides to help, but quickly realises the details of his old friend’s story aren’t adding up."

In addition to the campaign Bad Blood introduces Street Sweep contracts, new side-missions that can be played in co-op. No idea what the content of these missions is yet, but I'm guessing they'll stick to the main game's blend of hacking, shooting and driving. The DLC trailer does show a remote control car explosive, so there's that.

Rounding off the new content are exclusive weapons, perks and outfits. Here's the full list from Ubisoft:

’¢ Play as T-Bone Grady - Play a new charismatic character, with a deep background, rooted in the Watch_Dogs story. T-Bone is a fan-favourite for his crazy style, his off-the-wall humor and his importance to Watch_Dogs’ plot. He comes with plenty of new unlockable outfits, weapons, perks and close-combat animations.

’¢ A new Storyline in 10 Missions - We follow T-Bone in his final attempt to escape Blume’s radar for good. Discover 10 new campaign missions taking place in the Windy City following the events of Watch_Dogs. It’s a new thrilling plot and a chance to learn more about T-Bone’s haunted past.

’¢ New and Dynamic System of Side Missions - Take part in the new “Street Sweep” contracts to unlock new perks, collect cash and increase your reputation in Chicago’s gang world. These exciting procedurally generated side missions offer infinite exciting challenges. The “Street Sweep” missions also integrate a social component: top the leaderboard by completing the Daily Contracts with the highest scores possible or take on this brand new challenge with another player.

’¢ 2 Players Online Coop Mode - Enjoy “Street Sweep” side missions with friend or public matchmaking through online coop. All this side content is playable and the leaderboards also support this brand new mode for even more social challenges.

’¢ Rich New Content - Discover many new locations, like T-Bone’s new hideout or Blume’s secret office “Blume Forge”. Fight with various new tools like T-Bone’s VR Car ’˜Eugene’, deadly armed cameras and brand new hacks. Enjoy this fresh new take on the Watch_Dogs universe with all the additional content from Bad Blood.

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wolfsrain

The first game had an interesting idea for gameplay, but Ubi managed to frag it in the process. I hope that the second game will actually manage to pull it off the ground.
And, yeah. I hope that Win10 won't be a requirement and that we will have support for at least Win7. But with MS pushing hard for Win10, i guess that anything goes. Murphy's laws seem to apply so damn well in the industry.
Ubi is also under heavy fire, as Vivendi is trying to make a hostile takeover and seem not to be intimidated of the fact that the remaining Ubi star developer announced that they will leave the company (something that worked well when EA tried to do a hostile takeover a few years ago). Also, Ubi can't get another bailout from the french and canadian governments, as it happened in the EA case.
After a few releases that came under fire because the buggy state at release, Ubi desperately needs a real winner. This game might be it, but only if they can reach as many people as they can. When Take 2 was in danger, the bail came from the grossing sales of one single game (GTA4) and Take2 managed to survive, restructure and grow in a more healthy manner. Maybe Ubi will look at that example. Just, maybe..